The Marlins Sale, Slugging Stanton, and the Hot Hand (Ep. 101)

The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh and Michael Baumann banter about the
four-man outfield that the Cubs deployed against Joey Votto
(01:00), then discuss the reportedly proceeding sale of the Miami
Marlins (05:30), the possible impending demise of the Marlins
Park home run sculpture (07:30), Giancarlo Stanton's hot
streak (11:00), and whether it makes sense for the Marlins to
trade the face of their franchise (16:30). Then they bring on
FiveThirtyEight writer Rob Arthur to talk about his recent research
into the "hot hand" effect for pitchers and why his method succeeds
in detecting and predicting hot streaks where so many previous
statistical attempts have failed (24:00). Learn more about
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